Pulmonary Arteries of Superior Lobe of Left Lung
Arteriae pulmonalis lobi superioris pumonis sinistri
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The superior lobar artery of the left lung is a branch of the left pulmonary artery that supplies the superior lobe of the left lung. It gives rise to three segmental arteries distally, the apical and posterior segmental arteries (via the apicoposterior segmental artery) and the anterior segmental artery (Lee et al., 1991). The lingular artery also originates from the superior lobar artery of the left lung.
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References
Lee, K. S., Bae, W. K., Lee, B. H., Kim, I. Y. and Choi, E. W. (1991) 'Bronchovascular anatomy of the upper lobes: evaluation with thin-section CT', Radiology, 181(3), pp. 765-72.
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